Two weeks ago I came to the conclusion that it was about time I got back into the gym. After a few months off, and some weight gain during my wife’s pregnancy, I wanted a routine that was familiar and had worked for me in the past. Ultimately I took the Starting Strength program, Wendler 5/3/1, and the routine that I had done with a trainer at my gym, and sort of blended them all together. The idea was to …
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Have you ever started doing something and been excited about your progress, only to be left not knowing how to feel when you looked at the hard numbers? I’m in that position right now and the something I have started is running. I’m not exactly new to running, I ran my first 10K back in November. It was a grueling 6.2 miles but I was proud of my accomplishment. Since then life has thrown me some curve balls and I’ve …
I’m a numbers kind of guy. Someone complains at work that the “internet is slow” I look at my bandwidth monitors. Server bogged down? I’ll take a peek at perfmon and look at the metrics. So it is no surprise that I’m a FitBit guy. I started with the Flex and was amazed with how many steps I would accumulate and try to beat it the next day. I discovered that it’s 65 steps from my couch to the …
As I mentioned in yesterdays Birthday Wish post, I am the proud new owner of a FitBit Charge HR. I’ve been using the FitBit Flex for almost a year and finally got to the point where I felt as though I was outgrowing it and wanted something with a built in heart rate monitor. As you are probably aware, on July 15th there was a bit of a sales war going on online. Amazon was promoting Prime Day and Walmart …
A couple of weeks ago, Episode 2 of Slimming Down Dad was released and I received a question from Paul on the Slimming Down Dad Facebook Page I found myself looking forward to the next podcast and I was not disappointed. I really enjoyed it and found it very helpful. I am thinking of getting a Fit Bit to encourage me to walk more and to track calories in and out. What are you thoughts about Fit Bits? I thought …
At this very moment I am sitting out on my deck. I have my laptop in front of me, a cigar burning in the ashtray, and a bottle of water sweating away. The sun is starting to set and the temperature is falling. It is still a little humid but generally, it is a nice night to be sitting out. Soon it will be time to get up and go inside. When that happens, I’ll be greeted by soreness in …
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